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Celebrity Constellation will homeport at Zayed Port from 2016

By Asia Cruise News

<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Celebrity Constellation will homeport at Zayed Port from 2016</h2><p><img data-cke-saved-src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Celebrity_Constellation.JPG" src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Celebrity_Constellation.JPG" alt="Celebrity Constellation will homeport at Zayed Port from 2016" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; width: 380px; height: 210px; float: left; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"></p><p><br></p><p></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Abu Dhabi: Royal Caribbean’s vessel Celebrity Constellation, one of its Celebrity Cruise ships, will use Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi, as its home port for the 2016/2017 cruise season.</p><p>“The fact that Celebrity Cruises has chosen to ‘home port’ a ship in Zayed Port, which is a first for the Gulf Region, just demonstrates how attractive Abu Dhabi has become as global holiday destination and confirms ADPC’s commitment to developing this important industry in the Emirate,” Noura Al Dhaheri, Abu Dhabi Ports Company’s (ADPC) cruise terminal manager, said in a statement. Al Dhaheri is responsible for developing cruise business at Zayed Port.</p><p>Celebrity Cruises will offer sailings from Abu Dhabi for the first time in winter 2016.</p><p>Celebrity Constellation will have six sailings in the region, the first being on November 28, 2016, and the last on January 11, 2017, before returning to Singapore.</p><p>“The cruise business in Abu Dhabi has grown five-fold over the last six years.&nbsp; We have welcomed more than 600 ships, since the business began – that’s more than 900,000 passengers from over 90 different countries,” Al Dhaheri said.&nbsp;</p>